'We left work to come here to look for Ralph': Search ongoing for man missing near Behchokǫ̀

Eva Beaulieu has been stationed on the highway between Yellowknife and Behchokǫ̀ for a week, looking for her brother Ralph. 

She drove from Fort Resolution, where the Beaulieu family is from, to help with the search. 

RCMP say they are continuing to co-ordinate a search and rescue mission to find Ralph Beaulieu, 54, who was dropped off at his cabin near Behchokǫ̀ on April 23 and was supposed to be picked up May 8 but never showed up. 

"He's a bush person," Eva said. "He knows what to do, where to go, how to do things."

"I can't jump to conclusions and say what has happened to him because I don't know."

She was joined by two of her nephews and two cousins who also came down from Fort Resolution to help search. 

"I'm staying positive that he's still out there wandering and hoping that he will wander back into camp," she said. 

Peter Liske, a Canadian Ranger, said he's been involved in searches before and felt it was important to help out with this one too. 

"We did this before," he said, "it's emotional."

Liske said the searchers have found a few items from Beaulieu, but haven't been able to find his footprints. 

"It don't make sense," Liske said.

Const. Ryan Price with the N.W.T. RCMP said they're helping the search team and confirmed that some articles of clothing had been found. 

"Hopefully we're going to have some luck," Price said. 

Shirley King, a close family friend, drove with Eva from Fort Resolution to help with the search.